The marathon named ‘Miles for Meals’ was a campaign to collect funds for mid-day meal for needy school students
The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB), organised a 10 kilometre long marathon which commenced at 6 am in Electronic City this morning, in collaboration with CGI and ELCIA as part of their year-long Silver Jubilee Celebrations.
Hundreds of participants vied with each other to participate in the marathon. Priyanka C bagged the first prize of Rs 15000 in the Women’s category with Rashi CM standing a second with Rs 10000 and Chandra Shekhar Pathak bagged the first prize in the Men’s Category with Nithin Kumar M standing second.
The marathon named ‘Miles for Meals’ was a campaign to collect funds for mid-day meal for needy school students studying in Government Schools in and around Electronic City. The participation in the Marathon supported around 5500 needy school students.